Suspicious death: HC directs police to submit records

The Madras High Court has directed police to produce before it next month all records pertaining to a case regarding the suspicious death of a 12-year-old boy in 2015.
The order to produce the records on June 11 was given by Justice R Mala on a petition by the deceased boy's mother R Selvi, a flower vendor, recently.
Selvi, a widow, submitted that when she was away, some persons entered her house and took away Rs 50,000 after threatening her son at knife point on July 8, 2012.
She submitted that though her son identified all the accused, the Pallikaranai police, though registered a case, did not arrest anyone.

The accused persons later threatened the boy with dire consequences following which she made a representation to the Commissioner of Police stating that they were living under dangerous conditions and those involved in the theft may might attack them.
Two and half years later on January 10, 2015, her son who went to school did not return home.

Two days later police traced his body from a lake.
The woman submitted that even after lodging a police complaint, no action was taken following which a representation was submitted to the State Human Rights Commission which ordered the Joint Commissioner of Police to inquire the matter and take necessary action.

However, since there was no progress in the police probe, she approached the high court seeking transfer of the investigation to some other agencies like CB-CID.
When the matter came up for hearing recently, the Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) submitted that the entire records regarding the case was with the SHRC, the judge directed the police to produce it on June 6 before the court.